Eastern Congo is known as the Rape Capital of the World. A country where sexual violence is at the order of the day and among the most heinous in the world. Warring parties, including the Congolese army, use it as a weapon of war. It is strategically used to shame, demoralize and humiliate the enemy. By doing so armed groups assert power and domination over not only the women, but their men as well. And because it often goes unpunished, there is a rise in citizens committing rape.